Monday, February 23, 2015

The weather in the Northeast has been atrocious this month. We have been dealing with sub-zero wind chill temperatures and copious amounts of snow. I happily surrender the month of February and I look forward to March and the promise of spring.

Now onto my list...

February

(in review)

1. Spend quality time with my wonderful grandsons.

Just a few pictures of our time spent together this month:

Ryder received his Frozen soundtrack in the mail. Most kids love Let It Go but Ryder's favorite song is Frozen Heart. He loves the first scene in the movie when we are introduced to the Ice Cutters, Kristof and Sven.

Gym Class

Ryder made a snowman for his daddy's office.

Hanging out with my Bro!

Cutting ice just like the Ice Cutters in Frozen.We went to Granddad's basketball game.

We found out that one of our QFK members will be moving to Florida in the spring. We have decided to make her a quilt. We will each make a few blocks. Here are my two blocks:

One of our members will sew the quilt top together. I will do the quilting and another member will hand sew the binding. I will be sad to see my friend move away but I am happy that she will start the next chapter of her life in a warm climate.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

This Strip of the Month Sampler was designed by Vicki McGowen and Kathy Hock in 1998.

The original quilt pattern was offered by Quilting by the Bayin Panama City, Florida in 2010 and it looked like this:

I made mine almost the same but I left off the top applique row. I love the way the original quilt looked but I am not very proficient at applique so I decided not to add it to my quilt.

I completed my Strip Sampler in 2011 and it measures 71" X 92".

Ready Set Go!

The fabrics I used for my Ready Set Go quilt were fabric strips that originally were to go into a strip club quilt from The Village Quilter. I did not particularly like the fabrics for the pattern they gave us.

I always wanted to try the Jelly Roll Race Quilt so I decided to use my strip club jelly roll to give this quilt a try.